Richard Saad, MD University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
William D. Chey, MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, GI Physiology Laboratory, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
Address: William D. Chey, MD, FACG, FACP, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, GI Physiology Laboratory, University of Michigan Medical Center, 3912 Taubman Center, Box 0362, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; e-mail wchey@umich.edu
Dr. Chey has indicated that he is a consultant for and on the speaker’s bureau of the TAP Pharmaceutical Products corporation and has received research funding from the Jannsen corporation.
ABSTRACTHelicobacter pylori infection is chronic and very common. Its clinical consequences vary widely, ranging from being asymptomatic and clinically insignificant in many cases to causing dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric malignancy in others. Care must be used in deciding whom to test for H pylori infection, as a positive result mandates treatment, making broad-based screening impractical.